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September 2038

14 Tuesday
  redThe Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Mass of the solemnity; gloria, creed, preface of the solemnity.
Cycle II Triumph of the Cross [638] Num 21: 4b-9; Ps 78:1bc-2, 34-35, 36-37, 38; Phil 2:6-11; Jn 3: 13-17.
Only 2 readings on weekdays.
 Hours of the Solemnity; Te Deum.
Anniversary:20th anniversary of the death of P. Clodoveo Piazza (EUM) (80) d. 2018 at Gallarate, Italy. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1537Those ordained with St. Ignatius celebrate their first Masses: Xavier, Salmeron, Rodriguez, Bobadilla, and Codure. Ignatius waits a while longer.
1539At his summer residence in Tivoli, outside of Rome, Paul III gave his initial, oral approval of the Society of Jesus when St. Ignatius sent him the "Five Chapters" which described the proposed new religious order.
1562Paschase Broet, S.J. dies in Paris, ministering to plague victims. He was one of the first companions and was the first Provincial of France.
1566The first Jesuit enters the continental USA, Pedro Martinez. He is killed three weeks later, in Florida.
1577Andrew Oviedo, S.J. dies. He is the first Jesuit to be made a bishop, and patriarch of Ethiopia.
1596The death of Cardinal Francis Toledo, the first of the Society to be raised to the purple. He died at age 63, and had been a cardinal for 3 years.
1877Joseph de Guibert, S.J. is born. Expert on Ignatian spirituality.
1915The Holy Father congratulates the Messenger of the Sacred Heart on its 50th anniversary, with its circulation of 315,000.
1962Michael Gruenthaler dies. He was the first American to get a doctorate at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, was co-founder of the Catholic Biblical Association, and editor of the Catholic Biblical Quarterly for 10 years.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2038

Dominical Letter  c
Golden Number  6
Epact  xxiv
Solar Cycle 3
Letter of the Martyrology E
Roman Year of Indiction 1
Julian Period Year 6751
Years since the confirmation of the Society 498
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  482
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 17
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 25 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    25 April